BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia congratulates people on New Year Eve and calls upon all to get united to work for restoring the ‘lost democracy and voting rights’.

Clashes, and attacks and arrests of BNP men marked the day before the much-hyped municipality polls today, casting doubt over the election's being free and fair.

A Dhaka court will now decide on January 28 whether to accept the charges brought against BNP Chairperson Khaleda

Leader of the Opposition Raushan Ershad yesterday said most journalists had chosen the profession because they

Aggrieved by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's controversial remarks over the number of Liberation War martyrs,

The US embassy in Dhaka warns its citizens of ‘possible attacks’ against hotels and clubs in Dhaka city potentially in connection with New Year’s Eve celebrations.

The BNP has instructed its mayoral candidates and their polling agents not to leave the election centres “under any circumstances” during the casting of ballots, and that they stay there till the announcement of election results.

Thirty two persons of different professions yesterday in a statement demanded withdrawal of Chittagong City Corporation's (CCC)

A Dhaka court yesterday adjourned till February 17 for hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 10 others in connection with the Niko graft case.

Leaders of Jatiya Party have been conspicuous by their absence in the media ahead of the municipality polls, in which they have failed to live up to their own expectations of having at least 200 mayor candidates due to lack of preparation.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that asked the returning officer concerned to allow Awami League's rebel mayor candidate Ahsan Habib Pranjol to contest in the Kachua municipality election in Chandpur.

The BNP decided to stay in the battle of municipality polls until the last moment tomorrow, party chief Khaleda Zia said, reiterating her demand for army deployment for the sake of free and fair polls.

Condemning the outrageous remarks of BNP leader Goyeshwar Chandra Roy about martyred intellectuals and BNP chief Khaleda Zia's questioning of the number of martyrs in the Liberation War, Projonmo '71 demanded a "Liberation War Denial Act" immediately.

International Crimes Tribunal's investigation agency yesterday said to have found evidence of crimes committed by eight persons, including a former Awami League (AL) leader and a Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker, from Habiganj, Kishoreganj and Gaibandha during the 1971 Liberation War.

Two crew of a cargo ship, abducted by a gang of robbers in the Meghna River near Tankir Bazar in Ramgati upazila of Laxmipur district on

The Dhaka city unit of the Awami League has been without new elected leadership for more than a decade now, and there are no signs

Four Bangladeshi women and a minor girl returned home through Benapole check post in Jessore district on

Brick kilns in Patuakhali and Barguna districts are illegally using firewood instead of coal to fire the kilns. On

Thieves took away cash, gold ornaments and other valubles worth about Tk three lakh from the hosue of additional deputy commissioner

The BNP yesterday told foreign envoys that deployment of the army during the December 30 municipal polls could ease people's “fear and concern” over holding the elections in a free and fair manner.